What is the purpose of evidence in research? - Support Theories What is the primary objective of education research that studies a phenomenon of which little is known? - To understand What is a variable in educational research? - A measurable characteristic Which type of qualitative data analysis p...
WGU C224 Research Foundations Objective Assessment
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1. What is the purpose of evidence in research?
ANS Support theories
2. A team of educational researchers plan to conduct a local
study in the community in order to resolve a critical
problem at hand.
What variety of research does this represent?
ANS Action
3. *What is the name of the process where one determines
the truth of a conclusion by determining the truth of the
underlying premises?
ANS Deductivereasoning
4. Which arrow represents the inductive method?
ANS The Exploratory arrow
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,5. Theories A and B provide explanations for variance in
students' academic performance. Both theories explain
performance well; however, Theory A is
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, more concise and succinct.
Which approach for evaluating quality is applied to determine
that Theory A is preferred for explaining the phenomenon?
ANS The rule of parsimony
6. What is the primary objective of education research that
studies a phenom- enon about which little is known?
ANS To understand
7. What does quantitative research attempt to test through
the collection of numerical data?
ANS Hypotheses
8. Which two views are consistent with the assumptions of
quantitative re- search?
ANS Human behavior is regular.
Predictable behavior allows for hypothesis development.
9. What type of statistics allows quantitative researchers to
draw conclusions about populations?
ANS Inferential
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